COLUMBIA — Political pundits are calling Democrats’ resounding midterm victories, in which the party took back control of both chambers of Congress, a “blue tsunami.” Comparatively, the Missouri statehouse experienced more of a “blue splash” on Tuesday.
Republicans will still hold the majority in the Missouri House of Representatives and the Senate when the next General Assembly convenes in Jefferson City in January. But, it will be less of a majority than the GOP is used to.
Democrats broke the Republican supermajority, where one party holds at least two-thirds of the seats, in both chambers for the first time since 2012.
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